prison

pris·on

1. A place for the confinement and punishment of persons convicted of crimes, especially felonies.

2. A state of imprisonment or captivity: years spent in prison.

3. A place or condition of confinement or restriction: felt his job had been a prison.

tr.v.pris·oned, pris·on·ing, pris·ons

To confine in or as if in a prison; imprison.

[Middle English, from Old French, alteration (influenced by Old French pris, taken) of Latin prēnsiō, prēnsiōn-, a seizing, from *prehēnsiō, from prehēnsus, past participle of prehendere, to seize; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]

prison

(ˈprɪzən)

n

1. (Law) a public building used to house convicted criminals and accused persons remanded in custody and awaiting trial. See also jail, penitentiary, reformatory

2. any place of confinement or seeming confinement

[C12: from Old French prisun, from Latin prēnsiō a capturing, from prehendere to lay hold of]

pris•on

(ˈprɪz ən)

n.

1. a building for the confinement of accused persons awaiting trial or persons sentenced after conviction.

prison

A prison is a building where criminals or other people are kept and are not allowed to leave.

The prison housed almost 500 inmates.

The castle was used as a prison at one time.

2. used as an uncountable noun

Prison is used without an article when talking about the punishment of going to prison, without mentioning which particular prison. For example, you can say that someone is in prison, is sent to prison, or is released from prison.

They were threatened with prison if they did not pay.

It can be hard to find work after coming out of prison.

Be Careful!Don't use 'the' in front of prison unless you are referring to a particular prison.

situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt

Quotations"Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self" [Mumia Abu-Jamal Live From Death Row]"Stone walls do not a prison make,""Nor iron bars a cage" [Richard Lovelace To Althea, from Prison]"Prisons are built with stones of Law, brothels with bricks of Religion" [William Blake The Marriage of Heaven and Hell]

Fedorov held a regular meeting to discuss the draft regulatory and legal acts developed as part of the implementation of the Concept for the Development of the Penitentiary System of the Russian Federation until 2020.

The committee heard information on the results of the audit of operational activities and the implementation of laws regulating the activities of the bodies and institutions of the penitentiary system of the Kyrgyz Republic.

The provision of various social and health services to prisoners, including psychological support, and assistance in their subsequent reintegration into society are important tasks of every penitentiary system," said Head of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat Natalya Drozd.

Active military personnel, soldiers and graduated volunteers, police officers and civil servants with special status from the penitentiary system, the national defense field, public order and national security;

Opposition leaders in the interior affairs committee (Comision de Gobernacion) in the lower house have requested a meeting with Osorio Chong to discuss the penitentiary system, along with other security issues like the Mando Unico, which is a proposal to bring local police forces under a single command in each state.

Mondayas talks also touched upon reform of the penitentiary system in Bulgaria, the crisis in Ukraine, and the upcoming report of the Secretary General of the CoE on democracy and human rights in Europe.

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